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�not tried to run it down. Even so, it is not easy to get Damariscotta out of it except by the kind assistance of the early settlers who probably anglicized it into their own speech. If "Tamiscot"[?] is an early form I am strong for giving it unusual adherence by preference. I have a sneaking idea that both names were muddled into one form Damaris {Cove Cotta by ignorant settlers and geographers. They had no interest in the proper philology.

I am not sure that I identify Judge Potter who is the special "red reg"[?] to Professor Ganong -- whether an earlier of current "what-you-call-em" who rushes in where us angels fear to tread."

The work of Douglass - Lithgow which I have merely gives us a collection of names alphabetically arranged with here and there a flying leap at interpretation. If Professor Ganong is working on a collation[word underlined] of names with common roots he is on the right track, for only by this can we reach an intelligent basis of comparative nomenclature.